Best filename plugins for WordPress
The most popular filename plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Filenames to latin leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of rus to lat advanced (6K+) and Clean Filenames (3K+). All 16 plugins tagged “filename” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 filename plugins
- 1.
Filenames to latinThe most installed filename plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 2.
rus to lat advanced6K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 3.
Clean Filenames3K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 8 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 4.
Make Filename Lowercase1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
MD5 Media Renamer400+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 6.
Rus filename translit200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 7.
RY Nice Upload FileName100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 8.
Kodlo Media Manager100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 day ago.
- 9.
PRyC WP40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 10.
Clean Media Library File Names20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.0.
All 16 plugins tagged “filename”
Filenames to latin
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,301by webvitalii6 years ago
Sanitize filenames to latin during upload.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.9(14)
- Downloads
- 31/day
rus to lat advanced
#2,728by Dmitry Fatakov9 years ago
Russian filename and link (from title) translitter for Wordpress.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 15/day
Clean Filenames
Down in the last 7 days:6#4,183by Samuel Aguilera1 year ago
Removes or replace international or special characters that can make your filenames not compliant with some servers or services.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(8)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Make Filename Lowercase
Up in the last 7 days:2#5,494by ereckers1 year ago
Sets uploaded media filename to lowercase.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
MD5 Media Renamer
#9,767by neoslab13 years ago
Sanitize and rename automatically media files during upload using PHP time() as prefix and the file name encrypted in MD5() as suffix.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Rus filename translit
Down in the last 7 days:16#11,164by fixed7715 years ago
Wordpress russian filename translitter.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RY Nice Upload FileName
#14,213by Richer Yang2 years ago
Rewrite upload filename if not english or number letter
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kodlo Media Manager
Up in the last 7 days:46#15,055by Kodlo1 day ago
Enable safer SVG and WebP uploads and set rules for file types, sizes, dimensions, filenames, and duplicates in the WordPress Media Library.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
PRyC WP
#22,844by Patryk5 months ago
Plugin sanitize file name when upload files - remove space, ASCII characters, lowercase, etc...
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Clean Media Library File Names
Up in the last 7 days:730#28,373by webdeveric11 years ago
This plugin cleans uploaded file names to remove special characters and spaces.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Uploaded file name sanitizer
Down in the last 7 days:105#31,090by devliudaseu10 years ago
Replaces uploaded file name chars which are not in \'a-z\', \'0-9\' and \' \'(space) range.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Seo File Names
#34,240by Cedric Moris Kelly4 years ago
Seo File Names aims to save you time and boost your SEO by automatically renaming the files you upload to the media library with SEO friendly names.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Imaxio SEO Image Renamer and Alt Text
#57,240by guilhemf3 months ago
Optimize your image SEO (Filenames and Alt texts) via AI (OpenAI, Google Gemini, or Claude) directly from the WordPress media library in one click.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Block Editor Image Filename Prompt
#57,246by aiwos4 months ago
Name pasted images and set media metadata before upload in the WordPress block editor, then insert an Image block.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
TTO Bulk Media Editor
Up in the last 7 days:13,721#58,026by thomtoonen2 months ago
Bewerk alt-teksten en bestandsnamen snel in bulk vanuit de WordPress mediabibliotheek.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Idun Simple Upload Renamer
Up in the last 7 days:14,093#58,049by Luca Spinelli20 days ago
Rename files before upload with customizable patterns, automatic rules, and manual editing. Create descriptive filenames that can also support SEO.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day